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'Cats Outdone By No. 16 Cardinal, 51-37

TUCSON, Ariz. - Chris Lewis passed for three first-half touchdowns, andTank Williams figured in two fumble returns for scores as No. 16 Stanfordrebounded from a tough loss with a 51-37 rout of Arizona on Saturday night.

The Wildcats made it close by scoring three TDs in a 5:16 span of the fourthquarter, but Cardinal coach Tyrone Willingham fixed that by insertingfirst-stringers who came out after taking a 51-16 lead.

Teyo Johnson, a 6-foot-7 sophomore who plays varsity basketball and is abackup quarterback for the Cardinal, caught two of Lewis' scoring throws andset up Stanford's go-ahead score with a 24-yard reception in the first quarter.

Johnson, redshirted last year, finished with season highs of eight catchesfor 116 yards.

The Cardinal (6-2, 5-2 Pac-10) were ranked 10th a week ago, but droppedafter a 42-28 loss to Washington.

They got back on track for a significant bowl bid by opening a 27-13halftime lead and scoring twice on defense in the third quarter.

Williams went 25 yards with a fumble he picked out of the air on the firstplay of the third, and then sacked Arizona's Jason Johnson, who fumbled. CoyWire returned it 89 yards for a TD that made it 41-16 lead with 7:32 left.

Kenneth Tolon II made it 48-16 with 3:54 to go in the third on a spectacular71-yard run that began when he was almost brought down by Austin Uku, but spunout of the tackle and threaded his way downfield to the end zone.

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Lewis, making his third straight start since Randy Fasani injured his kneeOct. 20, threw scoring passes of 23 and 3 yards to Teyo Johnson and 26 yards toLuke Powell in the first half. Mike Biselli kicked three field goals.

Clarence Farmer scored on a 43-yard pass from Jason Johnson and runs of 20and 66 yards, and Sean Keel had field goals of 22, 52 and 43 yards for theWildcats (4-6, 1-6), who have six conference losses for the first time.

Farmer had 141 yards on 12 carries, improving to 1,071 yards this season.But his two rushing TDs came in the last 10 minutes after the game had beendecided.

Malosi Leonard blocked a Stanford punt with 4:22 remaining, and John Rattay,Johnson's backup, threw a 21-yard scoring strike to Leonard on the first snap,getting the Wildcats within 51-37.

Arizona played the Cardinal even for a quarter, but fell apart after Lewisbroke a 10-10 tie with his pass to a diving Powell 55 seconds into the secondquarter.

The Wildcats got a break midway through the first quarter when Alex Lunastripped the ball from Allen and Lance Briggs recovered on the Stanford 43. Onthe first play, Johnson rolled right and came back to Farmer on the leftsideline.

The tailback easily outran linebacker Matt Friedrichs to the end zone,giving the Wildcats a 7-3 lead with 8:28 left in the quarter.

But Friedrichs got even by causing two of Arizona's six fumbles, includingthe game-turning turnover by Bobby Wade, who coughed up the ball that Williamscaught on the fly for a 34-16 lead 14 seconds into the second half.